2017 Missouri State Bears football team

2017 Missouri State Bears football
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
2017 record 3–8 (2–6 MVFC)
Head coach Dave Steckel (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinator Sean Coughlin
Co-offensive coordinator Mack Brown
Defensive coordinator Marcus Yokeley
Home stadium Robert W. Plaster Stadium
(Capacity: 17,500)
2017 MVFC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State$^  7 –1     14 –1  
No. 3 South Dakota State^  6 –2     11 –3  
No. 19 Northern Iowa ^  6 –2     8 –5  
No. 13 Western Illinois ^  5 –3     8 –4  
No. 15 South Dakota ^  4 –4     8 –5  
Illinois State  4 –4     6 –5  
Youngstown State  4 –4     6 –5  
Southern Illinois  2 –6     4 –7  
Missouri State  2 –6     3 –8  
Indiana State  0 –8     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 Missouri State Bears football team represented Missouri State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Dave Steckel and played their home games at the Robert W. Plaster Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for eighth place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 11:00 a.m. at Missouri* Faurot Field • Columbia, MO SECN L 43–72   50,131
September 9 4:00 p.m. at No. 11 North Dakota* Alerus Center • Grand Forks, ND Midco L 0–34   12,047
September 16 2:00 p.m. Murray State* Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO ESPN3
KOZL-TV		 W 28–21   13,648
September 23 2:00 p.m. No. 14 Illinois State Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO ESPN3 L 9–34   7,183
September 30 1:00 p.m. at No. 2 North Dakota State Fargodome • Fargo, ND ESPN3 L 11–38   18,892
October 14 3:00 p.m. at No. 14 Western Illinois Hanson Field • Macomb, IL ESPN3 L 30–49   3,217
October 21 2:00 p.m. No. 13 South Dakota State Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO ESPN3 L 30–62   6,253
October 28 2:00 p.m. Indiana Statedagger Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO ESPN3 W 59–20   8,732
November 4 1:00 p.m. at Southern Illinois Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL ESPN3 W 36–28   5,235
November 11 2:00 p.m. No. 25 Northern Iowa Robert W. Plaster Stadium • Springfield, MO ESPN3 L 10–25   6,157
November 18 11:00 a.m. at Youngstown State Stambaugh Stadium • Youngstown, OH ESPN3 L 10–38   9,362
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Game summaries

at Missouri

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 21 14 0 8 43
Tigers 20 28 10 14 72

at North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 0 0
No. 11 Fighting Hawks 3 21 0 10 34

Murray State

1 2 3 4 Total
Racers 10 0 8 3 21
Bears 0 7 14 7 28

Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Redbirds 3 3 28 0 34
Bears 6 0 0 3 9

at North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 5 0 6 11
No. 2 Bison 14 3 7 14 38

at Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 14 7 3 6 30
No. 14 Leathernecks 7 6 15 21 49

South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Jackrabbits 20 14 14 14 62
Bears 10 17 0 3 30

Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 0 6 14 0 20
Bears 17 21 14 7 59

at Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 24 3 0 9 36
Salukis 7 7 7 7 28

Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 25 Panthers 6 16 0 3 25
Bears 0 7 3 0 10

at Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 3 7 10
Penguins 10 14 0 14 38

References

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